Show Rebecca J Poorman Dies at Idaho Falls Fall Mrs Irs Rebecca Jane Poorman wIdow of John Poorman who ho preceded her herIn herin In death about twelve years vears ears ago ngo an carl early resident of Bountiful and a member of a prominent family at that time died of pneumonia and heart trouble at her home horse in Idaho rails last Friday after about a ce week weeks k s illness at the th age of 80 86 She was nas as born in m Hancock Co Illin ors OIS June 14 1812 2 the daughter of James and ind Duncan Her fa father father ther was ns baptized into the church In l The firmly family resided some som eighteen miles south th of that city at 1 atthe ithe the time Her IIer parents came cime to Utah in 1848 the yea yea yea- follo following mg the pioneers nr- nr arriving ar arriving riving in Silt S Lake City in m Septem September September ber of that year ear The winter was wa spent in the city and the following spring the family mo moved ed to Bountiful where her parents lived lied up to tha th time of their death The family oss c-oss crossed ed the plains in Heber C company compan s was as an nn excellent shot with a rifle lie He kept the emigrant train ham supplied with meat while crossing the th plains The family home in Bountiful was ns close to the SessIOns Sessions the fil fist st settler of Davis Dais while county county while he 11 liv lived ed cd up to the time of his death whIch occurred May 1 1 t 1874 on his wIfe's birthday he being over 80 years veirs of ofa a age e His Ills homestead consisted of a large piece of ground in what bat was as ird afterward known is s the block Mrs Poorman's father athu was a nl na live of Tennessee He lIe sold his real and other property he 0 owned ne 1 there and give g the money monc he realize I I from it to the church lie ga gave gale j the fine horse that Joseph Smith the Prophet was as seated on addressing the Nauvoo Legion when his Ius pIcture J was 5 taken Her father was IS also in m the Mormon Battalion Her husband claimed the distinction distinction tion of having driven the first buggy into Bountiful having purchase I 1 It at St St Joe Mo Dlo and driven it across the plains The deceased is survived by b bv three ons ont James Hudson John Presley Precley George Bancroft ill of Idah Idaho falls and one daughter Mrs Irs Mary Man Caroline Rice of Salt Lake City A sister Mis Matilda Winters Winten of Bouti t ul ten grandchildren gr and three gl great eat grandchildren also survive survise e She moved awa from l many years vears ears ago aio ha ing lived Ined in m Idaho and md Wyoming Funeral services ser ser ices were ere held Monday Mon day clay afternoon in m the Bountiful Tabernacle Tabernacle Tab and interment took place m in inthe inthe the Bount Bountiful ul cemetery |